Wasplike with their long slender hulls, these were ships not seen in these waters before. They approached in a line, each flying a large American flag. To the hundreds of onlookers by now gathered on shore, many also carrying American flags, it would be a sight they would never forget and into which they read great meaning. These were the descendants of the colonials returning now at Britain's hour of need....
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About Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.
Themes
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation